ERISA, Breach Of Contract Claims Fail In Row Over ‘Pre-Separation Programs’

( May 6, 2025, 10:13 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — Dismissing a putative class action over United Airlines Inc. early retirement programs with leave to amend but expressing skepticism “that the plaintiffs can cure the problems with the complaint,” an Illinois federal judge ruled in part that a policy the airline announced in 2017 “does not constitute an . . . employee welfare benefit plan” that is governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act....

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